"The King is responsible for his flock; Man is responsible for his flock; Servants are responsible for his master's flock"- H

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A/N: AU setting, OOC-ness alert. Constructive Reviews is greatly needed. Enjoy.

The Hairdresser of the Daughter of a Pharaoh

-OPgirl

Chapter 1: The Beginning of the Unforetold Story

Where am I?

Rukia asked herself. She don't have any idea where she is. The only thing she knew is she feel hot. And when she tried opening her eyes, her sight was assaulted by humid light.

Am I alive? Or is this what they call afterlife?

She asked herself. She turned her body, making her lie on her stomach. Slowly she touched the ground beneath her.

Afterlife. I just wish it is a lot better than what I had.

She thought to herself. Slowly she opened her eyes. "Sand?!" she uttered. A lump got stack on her throat.

This is quite real to be a dream. Huh. The fall made my brain confused.

She thought to herself as she shook her head to clear her mind. She swallowed the lump of fluid from her mouth to quill the dryness she felt. She looked around her to try and assess her surroundings. Everywhere she turn her head, all she could ever see is vast desert land.

What should I do now? It seems that, at this rate I might die again out of thirst and heat. Not a single tree is around and I doubt someone will come and help me.

She thought to herself. Gingerly she stood up and dusted her tattered dress.

"Ouch" Rukia winced at the pain caused by the sandy grains on her bare foot.

My foot had wounds. Probably from walking on this sandy land barefooted. I don't know what's happening but I guess I need to do something to survive.

She deduced. "I guess this is my fate. Even my dreams contain nothing but suffering. If this is afterlife, then my death is just for naught because I ended up living my past misfortunes all over again" she said.

Rukia walked and walked until her body could no longer sustain the heat and exhaustion. She would collapse every time but as soon as she gathered enough energy she would get up and walk again. When the sun seems to go down, Rukia fell down on her knees no longer capable of moving. She is so hungry and thirsty, yet there is nothing she could do.

She tore off her robes and tied the cloth on her stomach to prevent it from grumbling. When the sun finally set, she lie on the sandy ground and look up at the vast sky. For how many minutes, she stayed like that.

Why am I still fighting to live? Why do I try to survive? What am I living for?

She asked the stars solemnly, as if they would show her the answers.

I am so tired of existing but I cannot bare to take my own life. It's not that I am afraid to die. It's just.

She thought to herself.

"I wish" She started to say. "I wish that there is a God, so he could listen to my questions and answer them"

"Stupid! I am so stupid. I am just trying to find excuses. I am full of excuses. I hate myself for being foolish! Agh! Rukia, stop this foolishness!" she exclaimed to herself.

Rukia suddenly stood up and dusted her tattered robe and started to walk straight to who knows where hoping that there would be an oasis up ahead. As she was walking alone under the moonless night, she noticed someone following her.

What could that shadow be? It was so fast, this is bad wild animals emerge at night in desert lands.

She thought. Her goosebumps rising on her skin along with the prickling of the hairs at the back of her neck because of the passing chilly wind. She looked at the biggest shining star on the sky and noted its location. She remembered reading about it in some books.

Luckily, her nighttime travel was not intercepted with harm and soon when the sun rises the next morning she got a glimpse of an oasis a few kilometers from where she stood. She half walk-run towards it. The tall palm trees looks so inviting.

Rukia run the half way towards the oasis, hope and happiness flooded her being as though she would dance in joy. Suddenly she tripped at the stone, hidden on the sand. She fell on the stone that was in truth taller than what she first assumed it to be, resulting to her head butting the stone and almost losing consciousness.

Tiredly she hold on to the stone and wiped the blood away from her face yet the blood continued to flow from her forehead. She sat on the stone and tore another strip of cloth from her robe and tied it on her wounded forehead. After sometime, she proceeded to approach the oasis.

"Thank God!" she exclaimed after seeing the water well from afar. She hurriedly runs towards it. As she look at the water well, she noticed that it had a shallow hole and a few crystal clear water present at the bottom of the well. Yet the only problem is, there is no bucket to draw the water.

The rope should be long and strong enough though.

Rukia deduced. After much thought, she tied the rope end securely on the palm tree beside the water well and made a tight knot on the other end of the rope. Using it she descended the well. The sun rays illuminated the water inside the well making it look like a clear glass.

"Water" she uttered happily. She kneel on the stone inside the well and scooped the water.

"Ahh. It's so delicious" she said. After drinking her full, she decided to climb back at the top.

"aww! aww!" a desert dog bark at Rukia after she reached the top of the well. This caused her to slip back down the well and made her feet bleed some more.

That dog surprised the hell out of me! I almost die again! Luckily the rope knot was strong.

Rukia thought to herself. "I don't like scary dogs" she said after remembering something. After sometime she decided to climb back up after not hearing the dog's bark.

Where is that dog go?

Rukia asked herself after looking around from inside the well. Then, she saw the big scary dog lying on the ground. He looks dying, its tongue emerge out and a liquid –something is dripping out of its mouth. Thus, seeing the dog's condition, she slide back down the well. Yet there is no bucket to store the water, so she took off what remains of her robe and arranged it in layers so that it would be able to hold some water.

Rukia emerged out of the well and approached the dog. Carefully she help it drink the water. She smiled unconsciously to herself after seeing the dog regains its strength. The dog approached her but she motioned for it to go away. She dried the robe and hanged it on the branch of the palm tree (leaves)

"I am sorry doggy, I am. Huh. Forget it" Rukia said as she slumped on the root of the palm tree beside the well. "I am still hungry" she said while trying to close her eyes for a bit. The tattered robe was hanged on the branch of the tree to block the sunlight.

"Miss" somebody said.

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